Pre-Revolutionary War: Causes/People/Events
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| Samuel Adams | organized and began the Sons of Liberty
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| Paul Revere | warned the Patriots that the British soldiers were on their way to Concord; was a silversmith
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| Thomas Jefferson | young lawyer from Virginia; main writer of the Declaration of Independence
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| John Hancock | wanted the king to notice his signature on the Declaration of Independence; was president of the 2nd Continental Congress
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| Patrick Henry | said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
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| Parliament | the law-making body of England
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| Patriots | dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor
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| King George III | English ruler who taxed the colonists
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| Loyalists | supported the king's ideas and were loyal to England
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| Crispus Attucks | first black American to die for America's freedom
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| Proclamation Line established (end of French and Indian War) | 1763
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| Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts | 1764-1767
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| Boston Massacre | 1770
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| Boston Tea Party | 1773
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| Intolerable Acts | 1774
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| Revolutionary War begins at Lexington and Concord | 1775
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| Signing of the Declaration of Independence | 1776
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| tax which affected the colonists' ability to make rum at a reasonable cost for export | Sugar Act
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| required colonists to pay a tax on legal documents, any printed materials, and even playing cards | Stamp Act
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| Townshend Act put a tax on these items | tea, lead, paper, glass, and paint
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| Intolerable Acts | included 5 different acts that angered the colonists; Two of the main acts were closing the port in Boston and the Quartering Act.
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| Boston Massacre | 1770; snowball fight & argument between colonists and British soldiers; 5 Americans were killed, including Crispus Attucks, the first black American to die for America's freedom
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| Boston Tea Party | Patriots led by Samuel Adams dressed as Indians; dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea; King George very upset and closed the port of Boston as punishment.
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| Battle of Lexington & Concord | Patriots had hidden guns and gunpowder at Concord; British heard about it & went to seize it; Paul Revere & William Dawes warned the colonists that British soldiers were on the way; became known as the "Shot Heard 'round the World"
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| 1st part of Declaration of Independence stated... | the 27 wrongs done by the king to the colonies
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| 2nd part of Declaration of Independence stated... | how the new nation would be governed
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| 3rd part of Declaration of Independence stated... | that the colonies stood united and were officially declaring war against England
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| 3 inalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence | the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
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